Big Lebowski is one of those movies that EVERYONE seems to like, but I just don't get what's so great about it. Another one like that is Super Troopers. People swear that movie is funny, but I don't see it. Same with The Hangover. And how come people think The Crow is a good movie? Or Inception? Or Dogma?

Big Lebowski is one of those movies that EVERYONE seems to like, but I just don't get what's so great about it. Another one like that is Super Troopers. People swear that movie is funny, but I don't see it. Same with The Hangover. And how come people think The Crow is a good movie? Or Inception? Or Dogma?

I tend to agree. Hellraiser is a great idea and has some great moments but Clive Barker really is a fairly shit director. If ever a horror movie needed remaking, it's that one.

And while we're on the subject of films that everyone seems to like but which I just can't get the appeal of at all, it's Aliens, which just bores me senseless and is easily my least favourite in the Alien series which, just for the hell of it, I'd probably rank as:

the trailer is a lot better than the film itself. I did like that scene where the man pushing the mattress sort of.. imitated the woman sleeping with frank. I found it very hard to care much about any of the characters. There was no depth to any of them at all. The reasons for what every character does in this film seemed very silly to me. Though, for some reason I can't help but say I enjoyed it to some extent. Also, I find it strange that "Pinhead" is the only character I've seen on the posters for the film, the one that gets mentioned the most, and yet I only remember seeing him in (at best) 4 scenes which weren't very long. ha..

I disagree. The first Hellraiser to me is an absolutely perfect movie. I've watched it so many times. I love it.

ah yeah I kind of forget yr not a big horror fan. Anyway, I just always felt Hellraiser was really just crazy and awesome and had a really unique vibe about it. I've seen almost all of the sequels. None of them are that great. But the first movie, I don't konw. It just hits me the right way.

haha.. jim carrey hasn't been in a good movie in a long time has he? Dumb and Dumber is one of my favorites. Apparently him and jeff daniels will be reprising their roles for a sequel to it. Can't say I'm too crazy about all the remakes and sequels that are released... but I am kind of interested at least to see how it turns out.

While I admittedly haven't seen that many Kevin Smith movies (seen Clerks, Mallrats, and Dogma), it's a little unusual for him to make something that's not supposed to be 100% funny. I usually don't like obvious allusions (the church/cult were a combination of the Branch Davidians at Waco and the Westboro Baptist Church), but in this case it works.. John Goodman was good, as always, (spoiler in black) though it would've been funnier if they'd shown him headbutt the church/cult leader than just talk about it.

ALSO

Natural Born Killers

9/10

Am I a bad person for having felt a bit sorry for Mallory? Of course no sane person would've supported her and Mickey going on a killing spree, but it's not like she wasn't messed up from being abused by her dad...speaking of her dad, I never thought Rodney Dangerfield could convincingly play a character the audience is supposed to hate, but he pulled it off. I like how the film satirized how violent American culture can be, and the weird cinematography in the first half....personally, I did not feel sorry for the talk show host...am I a bad person for that too?